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Personal transformation

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In Christianity the cross represents death (not specifically physical),
offering an 'entrance' into the sacred. Many people want to force 'meaning'
(rational understanding) onto 'the cross', bypassing personal involvement
and possible transformation.

'Death into resurrection' is the process of transformation, and Jesus is
important as an example of this process. In institutionalized churches we
see a holding onto tradition (stories) at the expense of personal transformation,
which is why Jesus was such an iconoclast.

Perhaps it's fear, weakness, or stubborn willfulness that keeps people from
entering into the process of personal transformation. The detour of story-
making is never-ending, and creates life paths that 'miss the mark', and
create suffering.

The challenge is always to recognize stories as STORIES, not truth.
It's the reason Buddhists comment about statements, speaking about them
as if they were, 'fingers pointing to the moon.'

Peace,
Matthew

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